Hatband



J. M. POWERS.

HATBAND.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14.1919.

1,342,92. Patented June 8, 1920.

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:JAMES M. POWERS, OF MIAMI, FLORIDA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMns M. POWERS, a citizen of the -United States, residing at Miami, in the county of Dade and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iatbands, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

Q This invention relates to an insidev hat bandadapted to be placed on the inside of the hat over or under the old band, or entirely around the inside of the hatover or under the old band, or'it may be substituted in place of the old band.

.An object of. the invention is to provide .an inside hat band, which may be con- 'structed of-=anyfsuitable material, suchas :celluloid, cork, leather, papier mach, metal,

or' other material, or combination of materials, saidband being provided with means to. permit a free passage of air to pass up through the band for cooling the head and preventing perspiration soiling the hat, and also to permit of a thorough ventilation to cool thehead, thereby preventing the head from becoming overheated, which causes @pain in the head and the eyes.

A further. object of the invention is to pro A vide aninside hat. band of this general char- 30.

i inside ofthe hat or part way thereof, and

acter, which may extend entirely around the comprises opposing parts of uniform length and width and suitably spaced apart by means of an-undulated, fluted or crimped or intermediate piece, thereby causing to be formed a plurality of. passages, to permit of the. passage of air between the opposing pieces andinto the crown of the hat, thereby ventilating the inside of the crown of the hat, and cooling the top of the head. It is obviousthat tubular pieces, such asindicated intone of the views of the drawings may be interposed between the opposite pieces, to permit of a thorough circulation of air therethrough and into the crown of the hat.

A further object of the invention 1s to 7 construct an..inside hat band, whereby the opposing pieces of the band, when constructed .to extend partially around theinside :ofthehat, conver e toward each other at-oppositepoints ofthe crown of the hat,

so as to. permit the head to properly engage thefihat b and and the hatwithou't discern tort.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 14, 1919.

Patented June 8, 119%@.

Serial No. 296,981.

after set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat looking upwardly, showing the inside hat band applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view in a horizontal plane through the hat.

Fig. 3 isan enlarged detail view of the inside hat band removed.

Fig. 4 is a detail view in perspective of an insidehat band, adapted to fit. about the entire portion of the crown.

F 5 is a perspective view of ahat band, to fita half portion of the crown of the hat, and illustrating the .modified construction.

Referring more especially to the drawings, l designates the hat band as a whole, and which comprises the opposing pieces 2. These pieces of the hat bandmay be constructed of any suitable material, such as previously stated, and are held spaced by means of an intermediate filler or spacing piece 3. This spacing piece or filler 3 may be constructed of any suitable material, preferably cork or the like, and this intermediate piece or filler is undulated in form, and it is to be noted that the undulations t gradually diminish or decrease in size toward the opposite ends of the intermediate piece or filler, that is when the inside hat band is constructed, to only fit one-half of the side of the crown of the hat. In fact, these undulations of the intermediate piece or fillerfinally become lost at theends of the band, in which case the opposing pieces of the band converge toward each other, thereby providing an inside hat band which tapers toward its opposite ends, in order to ough circulation of air may pass, in order to cool the top of the head, and thereby prevent perspiration, which would soil the hat, and alSO preventing the head from becoming overheated. As previously stated, the hat band may be worn between the old hat band and the hat, on the exterior of the old hat band, or may be substituted in place of the old hat band. Also as shown in the drawings, it is possible to construct a hat band of this kind to lit the entire part of the side wall of the crown. If the inside hat band be applied over or under the old hat band, it may be fastened in position by suitable stitches, or a special cement, or glue or other suitable fastening means. In one of the views of the drawings, it will be seen that the opposing pieces of the band are spaced, by a plurality of closely arranged tubular members 5. However, by this construction it is obvious that practically the same result is attained, as when using the undulated intermediate piece, namely, there are passages or spaces afforded, between the opposing pieces of the band, and through these spaces, and through the tubular members a thorough circulation of air is allowed to pass upwardly into the crown of the hat for ventilating the crown and the top of the head, thereby preventing perspiration. As shown clearly in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5, it will be noted that the hat band is constructed from a single piece of material. This material, as is obvious, before it is constructed to form the band, is substantially circular in form. To form the hat band, a certain portion of the material is positioned adjacent to but spaced from the corresponding diametrical opposite portion, and to accomplish this, certain other diametrical opposite portions are folded, as at 3 The portions which are positioned adjacent to but spaced from each other form the opposed parts of the hat band, and it will be noted that the space between the opposed parts is tapered. Furthermore, the filler or spacing piece 3, though it is provided with undulations, tapers toward its opposite ends, and as is shown in Fig. 2, the terminal portions of the filler or spacing piece terminate immediately adjacent the folds 3 thereby closing the space between the opposing parts of the band at the sides of the band. It will be observed that when a pair of bands such as shown in Figs. 3 and 5 or as shown inFig. 3 are placed in the proper position in the hat as shown in Fig. 1 adjacent the forward and back portions of the head, a circulation of air may pass upwardly through the forward portion of the hat and pass outwardly at the rear of the hat, thereby thoroughly ventilating the space between the top of the head and the crown of the hat. This same result can be attained by the construction shown in Fig. 4, andin either case air is prevented from passing through the opposing parts of the band at the sides of the band.

.When two hat bands such as shown in Fig.

3 are used forwardly and rearwardly of the hat, it will be noted that a hat band'is formed to extend entirely around the head which will perform the same function as performed by the construction of the hat band shown in Fig. 4.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is: V 1. In a hat band as set forth, the combination with a pair of opposing pieces of substantially equal length and arranged in conformity with each other and having their opposite end portions converging toward and in fixed contact with each other, of an intermediate spacing filler having undulations gradually diminishing in size toward the opposite ends of the filler, thereby providinga tapered filler to occupy the space between the opposing pieces and having their tapered ends extending toward the contacting opposite ends of the opposing pieces, said undulations extending vertically, thereby providing a plurality of vertical passages gradually diminishing from the center of the filler to the opposite ends of the band and through which air may circulate to ventilate the space between the top of the crown and the top of the head.

2. In an inside hat engage between the head and the hat, the combination with opposing pieces of equal length and arranged in conformity with each other and having their adjacent opposite ends integrally connected and being spaced to provide a filler receiving space tapering from the center of the band to the integrally connected ends of the opposing pieces, of a tapering filler arranged in said tapering space and provided with undulations gradually diminishing in size to gradually conform to the tapering space between the opposing pieces, said undulations extending vertically, thereby providing a plurality of vertical passages gradually di- 7 minishing from the center of the band and finally terminating at the ends of the filler,

and through which air is adapted to circulate to ventilate the space between the top if the crown of the hat and the top of the 3. In an inside hat band as set forth constructed from a single piece of material folded upon itself at diametrically opposite portions, whereby certain other diametrically opposite portions may be arranged in opposed positions, thereby forming the opposed parts with a tapering space between the parts, tapering from the center of the band to the endsof the band wherethe band as set forth to v material is folded, a filler in said tapering space between the opposed parts, said filler having vertical passages gradually diminishing in size to fill the tapered ends of the space and through which passages air is adapted to pass to ventilate the space between the top of the crown and the top of the head, the terminals of the filler termisignature in the presence of two Witnesses. JAMES M. POWERS. Witnesses:

H. R. PRIDGEN, J. W. WALLACE. 

